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Show bom. -_A i '.••'.Aw aa they def-fred; regardless of our v.'ishes. fy. Bryrnt' has at last succeeded in. securing. tho ;.;.-y. ir:7,:.,;,, of , Matei Coram!ssioner for this portion w l ' • ... -.,.-/ atate, -..%;•., duties include the apportioning pf the water-supply .oc«.rJA.o to priority'of right, fend ...uh; bet'tei tifftes re now hoped for. There was much &js ,-trouble thf past season than formerly and it may prove to.be true thst.unquestioned righta ore henceforth to be recognized anAmay be vjif creed. i A lo* - lex .Etage of the stream out of which • A di'toh in question takea water,/there will no doubt come tit'ies when there -ill be' little if ony more water thf,n ouAicijsnt tc irrigate -the Indian lands: and if it i •'..-oo. possible for thro, . company, to divert'the Wa,ter needed • • ' '} the . ; ; be used upc'n their lands before the water /reached th... pl.ooe at which'^it was to be diverted upon the Indian IK. rids',, I have little doubt but that friction would 7- -y}\.i R ad'Ahe,, entering into; this contract w.quld prove a/-detriment to th<:- Indians concerned,- But in this :r,ne, the water yired by this company must be- 'carried the full fl.r.yflii'of Wo present ditch, or practically no, before liVersion by them,, and the only way they could prevent . •'• * ' • ' • / .' Indian lands from-receiving their proper share would be by-.closing up~'their head gates'; and this I do not'fear. / / |